Crab
cake is an American dish composed of crab meat an various ingredients such as
milk, bread crumbs, eggs, mayonnaise, garlic, onion, etc... To me the best crab
cakes should have very little filler and should be made of big chunk of crab
meat. The star of the dish should be the crab meat so buy a good
quality crab meat. I added red chili paste to crab cakes to make it
a little spicier and each time I served them they always disappeared in a
flash. Crab Cakes are great as appetizers or served with a salad on the
side.

A
beautiful plate filled with warm crab cakes!

Crab
cakes are usually formed into patties, breaded and then fried. Mine
are not breaded, I incorporated white fresh into the crab cakes and they pan
fried from maximum flavor and they are also healthier this way.

Close
look at the crab cakes

I
served the crab cakes with a salad and a popover.

Preparation work..

Ingredients
(for about 8 to 9 cakes)

2
garlic cloves minced

1
pound lump crabmeat

3
slices of white bread

1
green onion, finely chopped, white and green part

2
tablespoons mayonnaise

1
1/2 teaspoon red chili paste such as sambal

Juice
of 1 lemon

1
egg white

sea
salt and ground pepper

view
of the ingredients:

egg
white, mayonnaise, crab meat (from Trader's Joe), chili paste, cut the
crust off the white bread and then cut them into small cubes, chopped
garlic.

to
get maximum flavor, the garlic are sautéed in hot pan with 1 tablespoon
of oil

cooking
the garlic really releases a lot of flavor and gives the crab cakes
depth. Once the garlic is golden brown it is set aside

I
use a can of real crab meat from Traders' Joe. They are pretty good
but the best one I found are from Costco.

In
a mixing bowl all the ingredients are combined and then salt and pepper
are added according to taste. Mix gently and make sure not to mash
the crab meat.

The
mixture is then form into small cakes. Next, refrigerate the cakes
for about 30 minutes so that the flavors are allowed to blend together.

Removing
the cakes from the refrigerator and now they are ready to be cooked.

In
a hot skillet with a 2 count drizzle of vegetable oil and heat until hot
and then brown the crab cakes about 2/3 minutes on each side